Fabulously Keto

 Liz was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 4 years ago, and although she had been overweight her whole life, she felt she was eating healthily,  in line with national guidelines.  Plenty of fruit and vegetables, wholegrains, low fat or fat free yogurts and margarines etc.  Her GP prescribed medication for her diabetes, but she had read that it was possible to put Type 2 diabetes in remission without medication, and after a little bit of research, she decided to follow Michael Mosely's 8 week Blood Sugar Diet.  Within three months she had put her diabetes in remission, and lost three stone (42 lbs or nearly 20 kg)! 

She subsequently joined the Public Health Collaboration, a National Charity dedicated to informing and implementing healthy decisions for better public health, and two years ago started to run low carb courses for several local GP surgeries.  She has maintained her own remission from Type 2 diabetes AND the weight loss for almost four years by following a low carb lifestyle, and continues to  help others do the same. 

Liz LePla was prediabetic and decided to follow the NHS and diabetes guidelines. She ended up with Type 2 Diabetes, despite following the advice. She was in her 60s when she was diagnosed. She put her diabetes in remission, lost 4 stone in weight and has managed to keep it off.

As well as running her own business she is also an ambassador for the PHC UK (Public Health Collaboration) Charity. She now works with local GP surgeries in helping others put their Type 2 Diabetes into remission. Hear some of the challenges she has had with GP surgeries and some of her huge successes.

This is a long episode but we hope you enjoy listening to Liz.

1. Cut out sugary starchy carbs
2. Exercise
3. Everything you change is a positive

BBC Documentary - Trust Me I’m a Doctor

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04j9gny

The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet: Lose weight fast and reprogramme your body: Lose weight and reprogramme your body - Dr. Michael Mosley

https://amzn.to/3iDN2pU

PHC UK (Public Health Collaboration) - charity 

https://phcuk.org

The Big Fat Surprise - Nina Teicholz

https://amzn.to/3k9t4Ts

Diet Doctor

https://dietdoctor.com 

The Magic Pill 

“My GP gave me this information. I saw her and she said, ‘You know, you can do quite a bit with diet’. But I said, ‘I think I am eating healthfully?”

“But I could immediately see that this made sense, if your problem is that you've got too much glucose, if you stop putting the glucose in, you're not gonna have such a problem.”

“When I first heard that 800 calories a day for eight weeks, Gawd, I'm going to be ab

 Doug Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA® and President of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners.  

LowCarbUSA provides a platform for internationally renowned scientists and medical practitioners to present the ever-increasing body of evidence on the benefits of reducing carbohydrates in the diet and adding in healthy fats. It has now evolved into one of the primary resources for the low carb community.  This includes a huge library of educational videos, a growing database of practitioners and dietitians and sports trainers who are open to the carb restriction conversation as well as a searchable database for papers and articles covering the research into the evidence supporting this lifestyle.  

The SMHP is a non-profit for practitioners focused on metabolic health and they have a panel of advisors to oversee the creation and maintenance of a set of 'Clinical Guidelines for Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction' which was first published in May, 2019.  The SMHP also defines numerous pathways for accreditation and the forums encourage open discussion which helps to establish Standard of Care around carbohydrate restriction.

Doug Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA® and President of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners.  He was an endurance athlete and used to carb load for his races following the advice of Prof Tim Noakes and the standard advice. He was running 50 miles / 80Km a week and his weight was still increasing, then he found out about ketosis. Not only did the ketogenic diet transform his weight and health it also transformed the trajectory of his work. 

1. Don’t be afraid to try it.
2. Community - find your tribe.
3. Don’t ever let peer pressure talk you out of it.

Lore of Running - Tim Noakes MD

https://amzn.to/3BtjDYm

“I used to feel like I was exquisitely fit.”

“...that was Tim Noakes fault.  As you know, Tim talked about how important carbohydrates were and this whole concept of carb loading before the race.”

“I was literally poisoning myself with excessive carbohydrates.”

“I remember we moved to a new place and I looked in the mirror and I thought ‘this mirror is bent because I don't look like that’. You know, I was in denial, I literally couldn't believe that I had actually started to fill out and become like a barrel almost.“

“I still remember the very first meal I ever cooked a couple of ribeye steaks. I went outside and cooked it on the fire and came back in and not only was there all this fat among the meat, which was absolutely unknown for me, but all this fat sloshing around on the bottom of the plate.  I started giggling and was like ‘am I going to seriously eat this thing?”

 Martina Slajerova is a health and food blogger, mobile app creator and bestselling author of ten cookbooks. She holds a degree in economics and worked in auditing but has always been passionate about nutrition, exercise and photography. 

In 2011 Martina was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. She had no energy and  found it more and more difficult to maintain a healthy weight. She decided to quit sugar, grains, and processed foods, and started following a whole foods–based ketogenic approach to food to manage her autoimmune condition. She has now been following a low-carb diet for over a decade.

Keto Diet Blog: https://ketodietapp.com/Blog 

Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ketodiet/id575004207

Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ketodietapp.ketodiet.full

1. Electrolytes
2. Don’t be afraid to use salt
3. Fit food into your way of eating and keep it simple

Escape The Diet Trap - Dr John Briffa

https://amzn.to/3fjnqgu

Gary Taubes

“You know, you just have to exercise more and eat less, and everything will sort itself out.  Well, that didn’t really happen.”

“So it was the perfect combination of skills for us.”

“So we started with the app, then we went to create the blog where I started sharing recipes and my experience with low carb eating.”

“I increased my carbs a little bit again to about 30 grammes of net, which is where I am now. And that's the sweet spot for me. It definitely doesn't work the same for everyone. Some people do really, really well on a very low carb diet. Some people need to add a few more carbs just to feel good. “

“Plateau tips: 1) liquid calories 2) too much snacking 3) alcohol 4) stress, sleep”

“You have to find your own way. You have to customise your own diet.”

“Definitely don't think that what someone does for keto is the only way. You have to find your own way that works for you, in the long term.”

 Dr. Nicholas Norwitz is an atypical guest. He’s only 25-years old but already holds a PhD from Oxford University in ketogenics and brain metabolism, works as keto coach and a metabolic health practitioner, conducts clinical research, writes papers, and lectures on the international stage, and is now pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School. But Nick’s academic credentials are only a small part of what makes him interesting. He has his own incredible story of struggling with metabolic diseases. We discuss his personal history in this podcast along with Nick’s thoughts on medicine, healthcare, education, nutrition.

OpEd with Gary Taubes: https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/16/ketogenic-diet-belief-medical-school-pariah/ 

The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: The Optimal Keto-Friendly Diet that Burns Fat, Promotes Longevity, and Prevents Chronic Disease - Martina Slajerova, Nichlas Norwitz, Rohan Kashid, Thomas DeLauer

https://amzn.to/3edld6y

1. Look for nutrition as an opportunity
2. Educate yourself - freedom of informed choice 
3. Give yourself permission to put  your health first 

Dr Vyvyane Loh

https://www.transform-afh.com

Dr. Kieran Clarke

http://deltagketone.com/who-we-are/

Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners

 https://thesmhp.org/ 

Chris Palmer Harvard University 

https://www.chrispalmermd.com/ 

Dr Brian Lenzkes 

https://www.lowcarbmdsandiego.com/ 

Dave Feldman 

https://cholesterolcode.com/ 

David Ludwig 

https://www.drdavidludwig.com/ 

Jeff Volek 

https://www.virtahealth.com/people/jeff-volek 

Dom D’Agnostino 

https://ketonutrition.org/ 

White Oak Pastures

https://whiteoakpastures.com

“They said you're a young healthy guy, normal BMI, normal testosterone, weight bearing activities, no family history of osteoporosis.  There's no way you have low bone density. But at that point, we did get a dexa scan and it revealed I did have osteoporosis.”

 Dr Sarah Myhill qualified from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1981.  For the next 20 years she worked as an NHS GP and later moved into Independent Medical Practice with a special interest in CFS and ME . 

She practices Ecological Medicine which diagnoses mechanisms of disease with obvious implications for management. Since 1986 she has been an active member of the British Society of Ecological Medicine and has a Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. 

She is a published author and researcher on chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction. Her books include  “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - it’s mitochondria not hypochondria” and “Ecological Medicine – the antidote to Big Pharma and fast food” 

She has made many media appearances including Newsnight, Dispatches, Woman’s Hour and the Esther Rantzen Show.

Sarah loves walking, riding, gardening and is very much into self-sufficiency. One of the joys in her life along with her two daughters is her Patterdale terrier Nancy.

Dr Sarah Myhill practices Ecological Medicine with a special interest in CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and ME. She also treats people with cancer and dementia. In this episode she explains her ‘Rules of the Game’ and ‘Tools of the Trade’ that empower us to heal ourselves. All of her treatments start with the paleo ketogenic diet.

Ecological Medicine: The Antidote to Big Pharma - Dr Sarah Myhill, Craig Robinson

https://amzn.to/3qwLIbV

The Energy Equation: From the Naked Ape to the Knackered Ape - Dr Sarah Myhill, Craig Robinson

https://amzn.to/3gXks3k

The Infection Game: Life Is an Arms Race - Dr Sarah Myhill, Craig Robinson

https://amzn.to/3A8Plte

Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalitis: It's Mitochondria, Not Hypochondria - Dr Sarah Myhill

https://amzn.to/35XKZaq

The PK Cookbook: Go Paleo-Keto and Get the Best of Both Worlds - Dr Sarah Myhill, Craig Robinson

https://amzn.to/3w0ntEf

Prevent and Cure Diabetes: Delicious Diets, Not Dangerous Drugs (Prevent & Cure) - Dr Sarah Myhill, Craig Robinson

https://amzn.to/2UKXKTs

Sustainable Medicine: Whistle-Blowing on 21st-Century Medical Practice - Dr Sarah Myhill

https://amzn.to/3A51mQn

Workshops - Check here for the latest workshops https://www.salesatdrmyhill.co.uk/workshops-41-c.asp

1. Just go and do it. Don't make excuses. Grasp the nettle. It's never too late to start and expect a bumpy ride.

Ketonix breath meter

https://www.ketonix.com

Ketone Breath Meter

Various breath meters on Amazon

Squatty Potty

Various on Amazon

Your Life in Your Hands: Understand, Prevent and Overcome Breast Ca

 Dr. Lenzkes is a board certified Internal Medicine physician who was in a standard medical practice for 18 years who now practices in  a Direct Primary Care clinic focusing on metabolic health and wellness. He is the co-host of the Low Carb MD Podcast and host of the Life's Best Medicine Podcast. He has an undergraduate Biology degree from UC Irvine and attended medical school at USC. 

He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife, two daughters and a couple of Labradoodles.

1. Stress less.
2. Build a community.
3. Be active.

https://amzn.to/3o0GgwU

The Obesity Code - Dr Jason Fung

https://amzn.to/3aCYUWK

Diabetes Code - Dr Jason Fung

https://amzn.to/33G6Cvv

Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease―and How to Fight It - Benjamin Bikman

https://amzn.to/2WjThVp

“You start realising the incentive plan is skewed in a way because the sicker you get, the more I get paid.”

“The reason that doctors think that diet doesn’t make a difference is because they were putting them [their patients] on the wrong diet and it wasn’t working.”

“I realised 80% of the people probably didn’t care what I was saying because they are not going to give up their junk food and what they are doing.”

“We have to change the standard of care.“

“Enjoying the journey, you can’t just wait until the summit to look down and enjoy, you have to take a breath and look around and go WOW I have come a long way.” 

“In 6 months I had 11 people come off insulin.”

“I've seen these, these miracle drugs coming out, they're touted and everyone says “This is gonna change the world” and they come out and kill people and you go, this isn't a good thing.”

"The number one thing they tell me is ‘I'm not hungry all the time and I feel free from food for the first time in my life’. I hear that every day in my career right now."

"It's like when you have success, then they're going to come to you and go ‘what are you doing now?’ They may have thought you were crazy three months ago, but now you have to weather the storm and do what you believe in."

 Jennifer is a principal and founder of Wide Eye Productions, a Northwest digital production company that's been creating successful films since 2000. Jennifer has ushered dozens of projects from concept, through production, to completion- from Emmy Award-winning documentaries, to educational children's programs, to branded entertainment. She knows how to weave images, sound and message into memorable films. 

Most recently, Jennifer directed and wrote "Fat Fiction", a film about the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and the miserable failure of a so-called "low fat heart healthy diet." The film is narrated by 10-Times New York Times best selling author and physician, Mark Hyman and features interviews with world class nutrition experts and science journalists. "Fat Fiction" is available to watch on Amazon Prime where more than 500 five-star reviews rank the film as one of the top nutrition documentaries on the site.

As a child, Jen always thought she had an issue with sugar.  This was especially true when she would crave sweet foods and then have hypoglycemic events. As an adult, she attended a “Quit Sugar” class where she learnt the effects of sugar on health and wellbeing. Now following a low carb way of eating, her digestion is better, no longer getting tired after meals, which she puts down to eliminating sugar and grains from her diet. 

As a film producer and journalist, Jen was motivated to learn more about nutrition, dietary guidelines and their impact on poor health outcomes. She found that we didn’t get the truth about fats, in particular saturated fats and seed oils due to flawed research, corporate and personal interests.  ‘Fat Fiction’ documentary sets the record straight and is told in a clear and accessible way, something a film can do rather than another nutrition book.  The documentary shows first hand how people respond to both high and low carb diets, particularly for those living with Type 2 Diabetes. 

Fat Fiction - film available on Amazon Prime and Vimeo On Demand

https://fatfiction.movie

1. You don’t always have to eat breakfast.
2. Add in two 24 hour fasts a week.
3. Stay hydrated and take electrolytes.

Grain Brain - Dr David Perlmutter

https://amzn.to/39MTasr

https://dietdoctor.com

Why We Get Fat - Gary Taubes

https://amzn.to/2ZTsb9A

Good Calories, Bad Calories - Gary Taubes

https://amzn.to/37fPKhp

The Case Against Sugar - Gary Taubes

https://amzn.to/3tYEs9E

The Big Fat Surprise - Nina Teicholz

https://amzn.to/3k9t4Ts

Dr Mark Hyman 

https://drhyman.com

Dr Brian Lenzkes 

https://www.lowcarbmdsandiego.com

https://www.lowcarbmd.com

 Charlie Bailes is the CEO & founder of CB Supplements, a company specialising in helping people thrive with multi-collagen protein products. As a collagen expert, he often talks about its nutrition benefits on different podcasts (B2B Growth) to help people solve various health issues from joint recovery and productivity to even sleeping better at night.

He’s also a husband, a dad of 3, a crossfitter, and a health nut (obviously). He loves meeting new people and having meaningful conversations. His main goal is to inspire others to act to help themselves.

He can bring value to any audience that’s interested in health and biohacking topics, entrepreneurship, and, in general, living a higher-quality life.  Charlie is also a 4th generation family member and a top executive in a 9-figure family-owned business.

We find out how an act of a friend completely changed the health of Charlie’s family, especially for his sick daughter. What started out as joining his friend in eliminating gluten in his diet, led to further investigation and a steep learning curve on nutrition, health and wellbeing. Through his learning he stumbled on Dr Cate Shanahan and the importance of collagen. Charlie is now the founder and partner of CB Supplements which produces the only NSF approved multi-collagen supplement.

1. Avoid vegetable fats at all costs.
2. Don’t forget about protein.
3. Don’t forget about collagen.

The Primal Blueprint - Mark Sisson

https://amzn.to/3jU4Iw3

Deep Nutrition: Why  your Genes Need Traditional Food - Catherine Shanahan MD

https://amzn.to/3z7BS4v

The Fatburn Fix: Boost Energy, End Hunger, and Lose Weight by Using Body Fat for Fuel  - Catherine Shanahan MD

https://amzn.to/34FZn6n

Bulletproof Diet, The: Lose up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life - Dave Asprey

https://amzn.to/2TEEMx5

Josh Axe

https://draxe.com

Pub Med research article 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Does collagen break a fast

https://cbsupplements.com/cc/does-collagen-break-fast/

Tucker Goodrich on seed oils 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8pq8GwLVo 

The Big Fat Surprise - Nina Teicholz

https://amzn.to/3k9t4Ts

Ancestral Dietary Strategy to Prevent and Treat Macular Degeneration - Chris A Knobbe MD

https://amzn.to/3vQG72b.

Dave Feldman

https://cholesterolcode.com

“Leanne and I kind of said, enough and we just started to do our own research.”

 This week, Jackie and Louise have another AMA or Ask Me Anything episode.  Louise decided to ask Jackie some questions.  Jackie wasn’t going to let Louise get away without answering the questions too. We find out more about what Jackie and Louise are doing and what hacks they are trying out. Find out more about their 100 day challenge.

https://mariamindbodyhealth.com/protein-sparing-wonder-bread/

https://mariamindbodyhealth.com/hard-boiled-egg-pudding/ 

Youtube Jumping rope techniques 

“What is your why? ”

“How is the 100 day alternate day fasting going?”

“How is the Thermomix going?”

“Are you really a moderator or abstainer?”

“I decided I wanted to get to 107” - Jackie Fletcher”

“I am protecting the tool” Louise Reynolds”

“The street food - It's cheap, it's delicious, it's flavourful but it's cooked in these crappy seed oils.” Louise Reynolds”

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 Sheila Docker from The Primal Zone is a certified online primal health and wellness coach.  

For 30 years Sheila suffered with inflammation of the gut that caused constant headaches, bloating, joint and skin issues, together with exhaustion and depression, impacting her ability to work, care for her family and live a vibrant life. However, 10 years ago Sheila turned her life around by healing these challenges, lost 20lbs and transformed her energy and mindset all whilst running a business and raising a family.  

Since 2012, she has been living a primal/paleo/low carb lifestyle, which not only focuses on nutrition, but also mindset, movement and stress triggers.  A complete overhaul, specifically what she was putting in her body and how she was moving it.

She has loved this way of living and the understanding of what choices influence mind, body and soul.  So much so that, Sheila is now an accredited Primal Health Coach, helping others with similar health challenges that are a result of the global epidemic of today's highly sedentary and processed lifestyle.

After a 30-year struggle with inflammatory issues which impacted her mental and physical health, Sheila was frustrated that she could not seem to fix her health problems.  She came across Mark Sisson’s ‘Primal Blueprint’ and changed her way of eating to gluten free where her energy, mental clarity and mindset changed. Her inflammatory issues which had been a lifelong problem were resolved and she is living her best life.

1. Don’t punish yourself - if you’ve eaten something that goes against what you’ve thought is your lifestyle, then enjoy it for what it is, make it the best quality.
2. Be mindful - how that makes you feel.
3. Be gentle on yourself, stop beating yourself up and don’t self sabotage.

The Primal Blueprint - Mark Sisson

https://amzn.to/3jU4Iw3

Public Health Collaboration UK 

Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action - Susan Jeffers

https://amzn.to/34dL0pY

“I wasn’t present at times.”

“I may have missed out on things I could have done with my children that I just wasn't well enough to do.”

“I've been to nutritionists and doctors and to health clinics. I tried everything. What they were actually saying to me to do actually it's completely the opposite to what I'm doing now.”

“Cutting those out - it was tough because we become addicted to those foods.  They are just everywhere. But cutting those out made a huge difference.”

“Junk is the problem, real food is the answer.”

“When you go to a doctor, they don't have time to really dig deep into what your issues may be and what may be causing them. It’s like putting a sticking pla